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struck
[ struhk ]
adjective
- (of a factory, industry, etc.) closed or otherwise affected by a strike of workers.
- overcome, obsessed, or deeply affected by a specified person, feeling, or thing (used in combination):
Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that the rider was headless.
If you know any stagestruck youngsters begging for ballet lessons, these new dance books will get them off on the right foot.
struck
/ ٰʌ /
verb
- the past tense and past participle of strike
adjective
- (of an industry, factory, etc) shut down or otherwise affected by a labour strike
Word History and Origins
Origin of struck1
Example Sentences
Sources close to the California-based couple reject that this card was a breach of the agreement struck on their departure from royal duties.
"We appreciate a balance needs to be struck," she said.
The vehicle struck multiple people outside a building in Chatham on Monday afternoon, then continued through the building, hitting several people inside before exiting out the opposite side.
The car struck a fire hydrant and a tree on Corbin Avenue in Reseda and caught fire with Arenas inside.
Bailey, the author of the new biography “Gandolfini,” was struck by what he now calls “the tension between seemingly incompatible parts” within the actor.
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